I can’t speak about Gabapentin because I’ve never been on it. I’m on 25 mg of seroquel in the morning, I don’t know why. But I’m on 150 mg at bedtime and I sleep about 6 hours a night. Klonopin is 0.5 mg in the morning and 1mg at 4 pm. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin in the morning. I’m sleepy all day but when I try to get off either of them my body feels very anxious.
How do I know witch medication should be discontinued? Nobody knows for sure so he keeps prescribing them. I’ve gone from 212 lbs in January to 186 lbs during a 2 month inpatient in a hospital for internal bleeding. I was basically bleeding to death internally (scary stuff). I came home on Feb 22. I immediately went back to my regular medication and I am now 205 lbs so I’m gaining weight from something as I only eat breakfast and dinner. I have diabetes 2 with no diabetic medication and my levels are good. I have a mechanical aortic heart valve replacement. On blood thinners. Recently found an aneurysm in my aortic artery. And it has a tear in it. I need a second opinion on my aneurysm as one hospital transferred me to a trauma hospital for emergency surgery. The trauma hospital doctor said it isn’t bleeding so we feel you are stable enough to be discharged. But you will need to come back to the hospital for surgery but it won’t be an emergency.
He said to see my cardiovascular surgeon ASAP. I did and my doctor for 2 years said I had an aneurysm but don’t worry about it. Now it’s torn and he said “I didn’t see anything, see you in a year what?? He’s claiming he seen nothing despite the fact that he’s been telling me that I had one earlier in the last 2 years. He was annoyed that he had to deal with me as he had patients to get back to. He blew me off!! I asked him as he was walking away “could it burst?” He said it could “but we have ways to deal with that" huh? Isn’t it fatal rather quickly? So do I wait until it Bursts and die or get this 4 cm aneurysm with a tear in it repaired. Don’t forget, he said “see you next year “ I feel like a time bomb ready to go off. 2 surgeons seen it but he hasn’t?